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Student stories: Geraldine Leahy
Posted: 23/03/22 09:37 |
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A solo exhibition of work by Geraldine Leahy will be on display in Rush Library, Chapel Green, Rush, Co. Dublin from the 4th – 14th April 2022 . Intriguing combinations of monoprint and paint reveal the devastating consequences of coastal erosion in Portrane, Rogerstown Estuary and Rush. The artist observes the entanglements of manmade and natural materials and the impact mankind has had on the coastline.
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Student stories: Wendy Healey
Posted: 22/03/22 09:07 |
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OCA students and tutors from all disciplines are invited to final year student Wendy Healey’s forthcoming exhibition to explore the fascinating world of the in-between. Direct Art Action UK (DAA) Gallery based in Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham will be showcasing her BA (Hons) Painting Degree Exhibition In-between.
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The Patricia Farrar Award for Painting
Posted: 18/03/22 09:06 |
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As Programme Leader for Painting I feel personally that Patricia would have had a continued influence on OCA as an alumni and I have tried to preserve that influence by instigating an award at OCA in her memory and as an ongoing inspiration. The award is given to a student annually who embodied something of Patricia’s spirit and creative concerns.
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Student stories: Arlene Sharp
Posted: 15/03/22 03:09 |
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The Freelands Painting Prize has been developed to support artists at an early stage in their practice and all UK art colleges are able to nominate a single student in their final course of study to be considered for it. We convened a panel of all the tutors for the eligible students and undertook a two stage process to identify one candidate. We used a simple scoring system and, whilst everyone got some points, one person was a clear winner and that was Arlene Sharp.
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Tutor news: Hayley Lock
Posted: 14/03/22 10:34 |
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OCA tutor Hayley Lock has curated a new show in London – Frequencies (for healing) – open now until mid June.
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Study event review: Nathan Eastwood’s studio
Posted: 08/03/22 11:17 |
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After an excellent visit to Eddie’s ‘End of Degree Show’ in the morning at Halpern Gallery, Nucleus Arts Centre, we walked along Chatham High St to Nathan Eastwood’s studio at Sun Pier House. Nathan greeted us at the entrance and showed us to his shared studio space on the second floor. The information sheet Nathan kindly provided explained his artistic journey from MA to current practice.
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Study event review: ‘Collocations – pain & trauma’, Chatham Kent.
Posted: 08/03/22 10:56 |
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This was a study event with a big difference for me to all the others I have attended with OCA – instead of looking at other artist’s work, in this instance, I was the subject of the study visit.
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Introducing the Painting department programme tutors
Posted: 01/03/22 10:55 |
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In a new development at OCA, we have introduced the new role of Programme Tutor. For painting, the programme tutors support the Head of Department and tutor team to develop the degree programme and to support the learning community to thrive and feel at home in the painting department.
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Augmented Reality – what place does this have in art?
Posted: 23/02/22 02:12 |
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The primary focus for Artivive, going by their website, appears to be its use in galleries, but I was beginning to see the potential beyond that context. What if artists could add an audio track for people with literacy difficulties? Or a video of themselves talking about the work? Or how about a video comprising photos showing how the finished piece came about?
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LGBT+ History Month
Posted: 17/02/22 04:22 |
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February is LGBT+ History Month in the UK, a month-long annual celebration of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and non-binary history.
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